Vr display control method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of this application disclose a VR display control method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. In embodiments of this application, a VR desktop may be generated, so that the VR desktop is displayed on a virtual reality display device. In addition, an operation performed by a user on a first application icon on the VR desktop is received, where the first application icon is associated with a first application installed on the electronic device. Therefore, content of the first application may be displayed through the virtual reality display device, where the content of the first application is displayed on a curved surface screen that is obtained through conversion from a rectangular screen. In embodiments of this application, a most eye-friendly curvature effect may be achieved through a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of the user can be enhanced, and user experience can be improved.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202011241671.9, filed with the China National Intellectual PropertyAdministration on Nov. 9, 2020 and entitled “VR DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD,ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM”, which isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of this application relate to the field of terminaltechnologies, and in particular, to a VR display control method, anelectronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

BACKGROUND

An electronic device may establish a connection to virtual reality(Virtual Reality, VR) glasses through a data cable, and an interfacedisplayed in the electronic device may be projected onto a display ofthe virtual reality glasses in real time. A user may operate acontroller connected to the virtual reality glasses, to operate acontrol in a virtual picture in the display of the glasses. In otherwords, the user completes an operation on a mobile phone in the virtualreality glasses. However, because an interface displayed in theelectronic device is displayed in a rectangular form in a VR scene,visual experience of the user is reduced when the user watches contentat an edge of a screen.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a VR display control method, anelectronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. Inembodiments of this application, a most eye-friendly curvature effect isachieved through a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of a usercan be enhanced, and user experience can be improved.

According to a first aspect, embodiments of this application provide aVR display control method that is applied to an electronic deviceconnected to a virtual reality display device, where the methodincludes: generating a VR desktop, where the VR desktop is displayed onthe virtual reality display device; receiving an operation performed bya user on a first application icon on the VR desktop, where the firstapplication icon is associated with a first application installed on theelectronic device; and in response to the operation, displaying contentof the first application through the virtual reality display device,where the content of the first application is displayed on a curvedsurface screen that is obtained through conversion from a rectangularscreen.

According to embodiments of this application, when the virtual realitydisplay device is connected to the electronic device, the VR desktop maybe generated, and then the operation performed by the user on the firstapplication icon on the VR desktop is received, so that the content ofthe first application may be displayed through the virtual realitydisplay device, and the content of the first application may bedisplayed on the curved surface screen that is obtained throughconversion from the rectangular screen. Therefore, in embodiments ofthis application, a most eye-friendly curvature effect is implementedthrough a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of the user can beenhanced, and user experience can be improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, before the VRdesktop is displayed on the virtual reality display device, a connectionto the virtual reality display device is further established, and theelectronic device enters a VR mode.

Based on the design, after the electronic device establishes aconnection to VR glasses, the electronic device enters the VR mode.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, after theelectronic device enters the VR mode, the electronic device enters ascreen-off state.

Based on the design, because the user performs watching through the VRglasses, the electronic device may turn off a screen, to help save powerand prevent a misoperation.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, a connectionto a controller is established through a wireless network, and theoperation performed by the user on the first application icon throughthe controller is received.

Based on the design, the user may perform the operation by using thecontroller. This improves convenience for the operation.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, four vertexpositions of the curved surface screen are calculated based on fourvertex positions of the rectangular screen, two endpoint positions ofthe curved surface screen are determined based on the four vertexpositions of the curved surface screen, and a first angle between thetwo endpoint positions of the curved surface screen and the user isdetermined.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, the firstangle is divided into N equal parts, where N is an integer greater thanor equal to 2, and N+1 dot positions on the curved surface screen arecalculated.

Based on the design, a plurality of positions on the curved surfacescreen may be calculated based on a small angle of each screen.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, the N+1 dotpositions on the curved surface screen are spliced.

Based on the design, a plurality of rectangles may be spliced at aplurality of dot positions. In this way, the rectangular screen may beconverted into the curved surface screen.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design, atwo-dimensional coordinate ratio, on a first curved surface, of anintersection point between a ray of the controller and the curvedsurface screen is obtained, where the two-dimensional coordinate ratiois used as a touch position at which the controller operates theelectronic device.

According to a second aspect, embodiments of this application furtherprovide an electronic device, where the electronic device includes:

-   -   a memory, configured to store a computer program; and    -   a processor, configured to execute the computer program stored        in the memory, where when the computer program is executed, the        processor is configured to perform the VR display control        method.

According to embodiments of this application, when a virtual realitydisplay device is connected to the electronic device, an operationperformed by a user on a first application icon on a VR desktop isreceived, so that a display screen may be projected onto the virtualreality display device, and the display screen may be further convertedfrom a rectangular screen into a curved surface screen. Therefore, inembodiments of this application, a most eye-friendly curvature effect isachieved through a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of theuser can be enhanced, and user experience can be improved.

According to a third aspect, embodiments of this application furtherprovide a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readablestorage medium includes computer instructions; and when the computerinstructions are run on an electronic device, the electronic device isenabled to perform the VR display control method.

According to embodiments of this application, a VR desktop is generatedafter a virtual reality display device is connected, and an operationperformed by a user on a first application icon on the VR desktop isreceived, so that content of a first application may be displayedthrough the virtual reality display device, and the content of the firstapplication may be displayed on a curved surface screen that is obtainedthrough conversion from a rectangular screen. Therefore, in embodimentsof this application, a most eye-friendly curvature effect is achievedthrough a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of the user can beenhanced, and user experience can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a connection between an electronicdevice and VR glasses according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a controller accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of projecting a display screen of anelectronic device onto VR glasses according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device towhich a VR display control method is applicable according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an operating systemaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a rectangular screen according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of watching a rectangular screen by a useraccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a VR display control method accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of another VR display control methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a curved surface screen according toan embodiment of this application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of another curved surface screenaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of watching a curved surface screen by auser according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a controller operation according to anembodiment of this application.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

-   -   Electronic device 100    -   Processor 110    -   External memory interface 120    -   Internal memory 121    -   USB interface 130    -   Charging management module 140    -   Power management module 141    -   Battery 142    -   Antenna 1, 2    -   Mobile communication module 150    -   Wireless communication 160 module    -   Audio module 170    -   Speaker 170A    -   Receiver 170B    -   Microphone 170C    -   Headset jack 170D    -   Sensor module 180    -   Pressure sensor 180A    -   Gyroscope sensor 180B    -   Barometric pressure sensor 180C    -   Magnetic sensor 180D    -   Acceleration sensor 180E    -   Distance sensor 180F    -   Optical proximity sensor 180G    -   Fingerprint sensor 180H    -   Temperature sensor 180J    -   Touch sensor 180K    -   Ambient light sensor 180L    -   Bone conduction sensor 180M    -   Button 190    -   Motor 191    -   Indicator 192    -   Camera 193    -   Display panel 194    -   SIM card interface 195    -   VR glasses 200    -   Controller 300

The following specific implementations further describe this applicationin detail with reference to the foregoing accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages ofembodiments of this application clearer, the following clearly andcompletely describes the technical solutions in embodiments of thisapplication with reference to accompanying drawings in embodiments ofthis application. It is clear that the described embodiments are merelysome rather than all of embodiments of this application. All otherembodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based onembodiments of this application without creative efforts shall fallwithin the protection scope of this application.

The term “and/or” in this application describes an associationrelationship for describing associated objects and represents that threerelationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent thefollowing three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only Bexists. The character “/” in this specification indicates an “or”relationship between the associated objects. For example, AB indicates Aor B.

In embodiments of this application, words such as “first” and “second”are merely used to distinguish between different objects, but cannot beunderstood as indicating or implying relative importance, and cannot beunderstood as indicating or implying a sequence. For example, a firstapplication, a second application, and the like are used to distinguishdifferent applications, but are not used to describe a specific order ofapplications. A feature limited by “first” or “second” may explicitly orimplicitly include one or more of the features.

In the descriptions of embodiments of this application, the word such as“example” or “for example” is used to represent giving an example, anillustration, or a description.

Any embodiment or design scheme described as an “example” or “forexample” in embodiments of this application should not be explained asbeing more preferred or having more advantages than another embodimentor design scheme. Exactly, use of the word such as “example” or “forexample” is intended to present a relative concept in a specific manner.

The following first explains some nouns or terms in embodiments of thisapplication.

Virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) is a high and new technologyemerging in recent years. The virtual reality technology is a computersimulation system that can be used to create and experience a virtualworld. In the virtual reality technology, a computer is used to simulatea virtual environment in three-dimensional (which is also referred to as3D) space. The virtual reality technology is a system simulationtechnology in which multi-source information is fused, and athree-dimensional dynamic scenario is in interaction with a physicalbehavior, so that a user can be immersed in a VR scene. In short, VR isa virtual reality technology in which a visual environment is renderedso that a user is immersed in a VR scene to the greatest extent andenjoys immersive experience.

A head-mounted virtual reality device (Head Mount Display) in a virtualreality display device is a type of wearable devices, and is alsoreferred to as a virtual reality helmet, VR glasses, or a glasses-typedisplay.

The VR display control method provided in embodiments of thisapplication may be applied to a scenario, shown in FIG. 1 , in which anelectronic device 100 and VR glasses 200 are interconnected based on aconnection line.

In the scenario shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 may projectcontent of a display screen of the electronic device 100 onto the VRglasses 200, and a user watches a photo or a video, or plays a gamethrough the VR glasses, so that the user may enjoy experience of alarger screen.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 may beconnected to a controller 300 in a manner of Bluetooth. After the userconnects the electronic device 100 to the VR glasses 200 through a datacable, the user wears the VR glasses 200. Therefore, the user mayoperate the controller 300 to operate a control in a virtual picture ona display of the glasses.

Refer to FIG. 2 . The controller 300 includes hardware structures suchas a touchpad, a return button, a volume button, a HOME (main menu)button, an indicator, and a trigger button. Specific functions of eachcomponent are shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Component Function Touchpad Slide up and down/left and rightTap: confirm HOME button Single-press: go back to HOME directly Pressand hold for 3 seconds: a picture and a controller are directed towardthe front Back button Single-press: go back to a previous level Volumebutton Single-press: adjust volume Trigger button Single-press: performcustomization in an application Battery compartment For installing abattery and supplying power to a controller Indicator Steady on:connection succeeds Off: powered off or dormant Blinking: pairing On/offbreathing: low battery

It may be learned from Table 1 that, when the user presses and holds thetouchpad and moves the controller, a sliding operation may be performed;when the user taps on the touchpad on the controller, a pressingoperation may be performed; and when the user presses the HOME button, astandby interface of a mobile phone may be returned to.

For example, when the user taps on a video application, the electronicdevice 100 runs the video application, and the VR glasses 200 maydisplay a display interface of the video application in a virtualenvironment in three-dimensional space. In embodiments of thisapplication, a most eye-friendly curvature effect is achieved through aVR virtual scene, so that visual experience of the user can be enhanced,and user experience can be improved.

Refer to FIG. 3 . In a possible embodiment, after the user establishes aconnection between the electronic device 100 and the VR glasses 200, theelectronic device 100 enters a VR mode. A display screen of theelectronic device 100 may be projected onto the VR glasses 200. In ascenario shown in FIG. 3 , a rectangular screen of the electronic device100 is projected onto the VR glasses 200. Therefore, the user may emit aray to the rectangular screen through the controller 300, to control therectangular screen through the ray emitted by the controller 300.

It may be understood that in some possible implementations, theelectronic device 100 and the VR glasses 200 may alternatively beconnected based on a communication network instead of the connectionline. The communication network may be a local area network, or may be awide area network interconnected via a relay (relay) device. When thecommunication network is the local area network, for example, thecommunication network may be a near field communication network such asa Wi-Fi hotspot network, a Bluetooth network, or a near fieldcommunication (near field communication, NFC) network. When thecommunication network is the wide area network, for example, thecommunication network may be a 3rd-generation wireless telephonetechnology (3rd-generation wireless telephone technology, 3G) network, a4th-generation mobile communication technology (4th-generation mobilecommunication technology, 4G) network, a 5th-generation mobilecommunication technology (5th-generation mobile communicationtechnology, 5G) network, a future evolved public land mobile network(public land mobile network, PLMN), the Internet, or the like.

In some embodiments of this application, the electronic device 100 shownin FIG. 1 may be a portable electronic device that further includesanother function such as a personal digital assistant and/or a musicplayer function, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer. An exampleembodiment of a portable electronic device includes but is not limitedto a portable electronic device that carries or has another operatingsystem. The portable electronic device may alternatively be anotherportable electronic device, for example, a laptop (laptop) with atouch-sensitive surface (for example, a touch panel). It should befurther understood that in some other embodiments of this application,the electronic device 100 may not be the portable electronic device, buta desktop computer having a touch-sensitive surface (for example, atouch panel).

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device100.

The electronic device 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, adesktop computer, a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a notebookcomputer, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personalcomputer, UMPC), a netbook, a cellular phone, or a personal digitalassistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), augmented reality(augmented reality, AR) device, virtual reality (virtual reality, VR)device, artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) device,wearable device, in-vehicle device, smart home device, and/or smart citydevice, a specific type of the electronic device is not limited inembodiments of this application.

The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an externalmemory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus(universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charging management module140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, anantenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communicationmodule 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, amicrophone 170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a button 190,a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriberidentity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) card interface 195,and the like. The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A,a gyroscope sensor 180B, a barometric pressure sensor 180C, a magneticsensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, anoptical proximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperaturesensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a boneconduction sensor 180M, and the like.

It may be understood that the structure shown in embodiments of thisapplication does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronicdevice 100. In some other embodiments of this application, theelectronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than thoseshown in the figure, or some components may be combined, or somecomponents may be split, or different component arrangements may beused. The components shown in the figure may be implemented by hardware,software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor(digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, a neuralprocessing unit (neural processing unit, NPU), and/or the like.Different processing units may be independent components, or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may generate an operation control signal based on aninstruction operation code and a time sequence signal, to completecontrol of instruction reading and instruction execution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 110, and is configuredto store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may store an instruction ordata that has been used or cyclically used by the processor 110. If theprocessor 110 needs to use the instructions or the data again, theprocessor may directly invoke the instructions or the data from thememory. This avoids repeated access, reduces waiting time of theprocessor 110, and improves system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit(inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuitsound (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse codemodulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purposeinput/output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, asubscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface,a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, and/or thelike.

The I2C interface is a two-way synchronization serial bus, and includesone serial data line (serial data line, SDA) and one serial clock line(serial clock line, SCL). In some embodiments, the processor 110 mayinclude a plurality of groups of I2C buses. The processor 110 may beseparately coupled to the touch sensor 180K, a charger, a flash, thecamera 193, and the like through different I2C bus interfaces. Forexample, the processor 110 may be coupled to the touch sensor 180Kthrough the I2C interface, so that the processor 110 communicates withthe touch sensor 180K through the I2C bus interface, to implement atouch function of the electronic device 100.

The I2S interface may be configured to perform audio communication. Insome embodiments, the processor 110 may include a plurality of groups ofI2S buses. The processor 110 may be coupled to the audio module 170through the I2S bus, to implement communication between the processor110 and the audio module 170. In some embodiments, the audio module 170may transmit an audio signal to the wireless communication module 160through the I2S interface, to implement a function of answering a callthrough a Bluetooth headset.

The PCM interface may also be used to perform audio communication, andsample, quantize, and code an analog signal. In some embodiments, theaudio module 170 may be coupled to the wireless communication module 160through a PCM bus interface. In some embodiments, the audio module 170may also transmit an audio signal to the wireless communication module160 through the PCM interface, to implement a function of answering acall through a Bluetooth headset. Both the I2S interface and the PCMinterface may be used for audio communication.

The UART interface is a universal serial data bus, and is configured toperform asynchronous communication. The bus may be a two-waycommunication bus. The bus converts to-be-transmitted data betweenserial communication and parallel communication. In some embodiments,the UART interface is usually configured to connect the processor 110 tothe wireless communication module 160. For example, the processor 110communicates with a Bluetooth module in the wireless communicationmodule 160 through the UART interface, to implement a Bluetoothfunction. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may transmit anaudio signal to the wireless communication module 160 through the UARTinterface, to implement a function of playing music through a Bluetoothheadset.

The MIPI interface may be configured to connect the processor 110 to aperipheral component such as the display 194 or the camera 193. The MIPIinterface includes a camera serial interface (camera serial interface,CSI), a display serial interface (display serial interface, DSI), andthe like. In some embodiments, the processor 110 communicates with thecamera 193 via the CSI, to implement a photographing function of theelectronic device 100. The processor 110 communicates with the display194 via the DSI interface, to implement a display function of theelectronic device 100.

The GPIO interface may be configured by software. The GPIO interface maybe configured as a control signal or a data signal. In some embodiments,the GPIO interface may be configured to connect the processor 110 to thecamera 193, the display 194, the wireless communication module 160, theaudio module 170, the sensor module 180, or the like. The GPIO interfacemay alternatively be configured as an I2C interface, an I2S interface, aUART interface, an MIPI interface, or the like.

The USB interface 130 is an interface that conforms to a USB standardspecification, and may be specifically a mini USB interface, a micro USBinterface, a USB type-C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130may be configured to connect to a charger to charge the electronicdevice 100, or may be configured to transmit data between the electronicdevice 100 and a peripheral device, or may be configured to connect to aheadset for playing audio through the headset. The interface may befurther configured to connect to another electronic device such as an ARdevice.

It may be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules illustrated in embodiments of this application is merely anexample for description, and constitutes no limitation on the structureof the electronic device 100. In some other embodiments of thisapplication, the electronic device 100 may alternatively use aninterface connection manner different from that in the foregoingembodiment, or use a combination of a plurality of interface connectionmanners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charginginput from the charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. In some embodiments of wired charging, the charging managementmodule 140 may receive a charging input of a wired charger through theUSB interface 130. In some embodiments of wireless charging, thecharging management module 140 may receive a wireless charging inputthrough a wireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. Thecharging management module 140 supplies power to the electronic devicethrough the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect the battery 142and the charging management module 140 to the processor 110. The powermanagement module 141 receives an input from the battery 142 and/or thecharging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor 110,the internal memory 121, the display 194, the camera 193, the wirelesscommunication module 160, and the like. The power management module 141may be further configured to monitor parameters such as a batterycapacity, a battery cycle count, and a battery health status (electricleakage or impedance). In some other embodiments, the power managementmodule 141 may alternatively be disposed in the processor 110. In someother embodiments, the power management module 141 and the chargingmanagement module 140 may alternatively be disposed in a same device.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receivean electromagnetic wave signal. Each antenna in the electronic device100 may be configured to cover one or more communication frequencybands. Different antennas may be further multiplexed, to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In some otherembodiments, the antenna may be used in combination with a tuningswitch.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a wireless communicationsolution that is applied to the electronic device 100 and that includes2G/3G/4G/5G. The mobile communication module 150 may include at leastone filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier (lownoise amplifier, LNA), and the like. The mobile communication module 150may receive an electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1, performprocessing such as filtering or amplification on the receivedelectromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave to the modemprocessor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 mayfurther amplify a signal modulated by the modem processor, and convertthe signal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through theantenna 1. In some embodiments, at least some functional modules in themobile communication module 150 may be disposed in the processor 110. Insome embodiments, at least some functional modules of the mobilecommunication module 150 may be disposed in a same device as at leastsome modules of the processor 110.

The modem processor may include a modulator and a demodulator. Themodulator is configured to modulate a to-be-sent low-frequency basebandsignal into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator isconfigured to demodulate a received electromagnetic wave signal into alow-frequency baseband signal. Then, the demodulator transmits thelow-frequency baseband signal obtained through demodulation to thebaseband processor for processing. The low-frequency baseband signal isprocessed by the baseband processor and then transmitted to theapplication processor. The application processor outputs a sound signalby an audio device (which is not limited to the speaker 170A, thereceiver 170B, or the like), or displays an image or a video by thedisplay 194. In some embodiments, the modem processor may be anindependent component. In some other embodiments, the modem processormay be independent of the processor 110, and is disposed in a samedevice as the mobile communication module 150 or another functionalmodule.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that is applied to the electronic device 100, andthat includes a wireless local area network (wireless local areanetwork, WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity,Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a global navigationsatellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequencymodulation (frequency modulation, FM), a near field communication (nearfield communication, NFC) technology, an infrared (infrared, IR)technology, or the like. The wireless communication module 160 may beone or more components integrating at least one communication processormodule. The wireless communication module 160 receives anelectromagnetic wave by the antenna 2, performs frequency modulation andfiltering processing on an electromagnetic wave signal, and sends aprocessed signal to the processor 110. The wireless communication module160 may further receive a to-be-sent signal from the processor 110,perform frequency modulation and amplification on the signal, andconvert the signal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation throughthe antenna 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 and the mobile communication module150 in the electronic device 100 are coupled, and the antenna 2 and thewireless communication module 160 in the electronic device 100 arecoupled, so that the electronic device 100 can communicate with anetwork and another device by using a wireless communication technology.The wireless communication technology may include a global system formobile communications (global system for mobile communications, GSM), ageneral packet radio service (general packet radio service, GPRS), codedivision multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), widebandcode division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access,WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (time-division codedivision multiple access, TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (long termevolution, LTE), BT, a GNSS, a WLAN, NFC, FM, an IR technology, and/orthe like. The GNSS may include a global positioning system (globalpositioning system, GPS), a global navigation satellite system (globalnavigation satellite system, GLONASS), a BeiDou navigation satellitesystem (BeiDou navigation satellite system, BDS), a quasi-zenithsatellite system (quasi-zenith satellite system, QZSS), and/or asatellite based augmentation system (satellite based augmentationsystems, SBAS).

The electronic device 100 may implement a display function through theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to thedisplay 194 and the application processor. The GPU is configured to:perform mathematical and geometric computation, and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs, which execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may bea liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organiclight-emitting diode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), anactive-matrix organic light emitting diode (active-matrix organic lightemitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (flexiblelight-emitting diode, FLED), a mini-LED, a micro-LED, a micro-OLED, aquantum dot light emitting diode (quantum dot light emitting diode,QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 mayinclude one or N displays 194, where N is a positive integer greaterthan 1.

The electronic device 100 may implement a photographing function throughthe camera 193, the ISP, the video codec, the GPU, the display 194, theapplication processor and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is pressed, and light istransmitted to a photosensitive element of the camera through a lens. Anoptical signal is converted into an electrical signal, and thephotosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing, to convert the electrical signal into a visibleimage. The ISP may further perform algorithm optimization on noise,brightness, and complexion of the image. The ISP may further optimizeparameters such as exposure and a color temperature of a photographingscenario. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in the camera193.

The camera 193 is configured to capture a static image or a video. Anoptical image of an object is generated through the lens, and isprojected onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive elementmay be a charge coupled device (charge coupled device, CCD) or acomplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor, CMOS) phototransistor. The light-sensitiveelement converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, and thentransmits the electrical signal to the ISP to convert the electricalsignal into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital imagesignal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital imagesignal into an image signal in a standard format such as RGB or YUV. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or N cameras193, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The digital signal processor is configured to process a digital signal,and may process another digital signal in addition to the digital imagesignal. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects a frequency,the digital signal processor is configured to perform Fouriertransformation on frequency energy.

The video codec is configured to compress or decompress a digital video.The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs. In thisway, the electronic device 100 may play back or record videos in aplurality of coding formats, for example, moving picture experts group(moving picture experts group, MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, and MPEG4.

The NPU is a neural-network (neural-network, NN) computing processor,quickly processes input information by referring to a structure of abiological neural network, for example, by referring to a mode oftransmission between human brain neurons, and may further continuouslyperform self-learning. Applications such as intelligent cognition of theelectronic device 100 may be implemented through the NPU, for example,image recognition, facial recognition, speech recognition, and textunderstanding.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer-executableprogram code. The executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 110 runs the instructions stored in the internal memory 121,to perform various function applications and data processing of theelectronic device 100. The internal memory 121 may include a programstorage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may storecode of an operating system, an application (for example, a cameraapplication), or the like. The data storage area may store data (forexample, an image or a video collected by the camera application)created during use of the electronic device 100, or the like.

The internal memory 121 may further store code of the VR display controlmethod provided in embodiments of this application. When the code of theVR display control method stored in the internal memory 121 is executedby the processor 110, a display interface of an application may bedisplayed in a virtual environment in three-dimensional space. A mostcomfortable curvature effect of human eyes is implemented a VR virtualscenario, so that visual experience of the user can be enhanced, anduser experience can be improved.

In addition, the internal memory 121 may include one or more randomaccess memories (random access memory, RAM) and one or more non-volatilememories (non-volatile memory, NVM).

The random access memory may include a static random access memory(static random access memory, SRAM), a dynamic random access memory(dynamic random access memory, DRAM), a synchronous dynamic randomaccess memory (synchronous dynamic random access memory, SDRAM), adouble data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory. (double datarate synchronous dynamic random access memory, DDR SDRAM, for example, a5th generation DDR SDRAM is usually referred to as a DDRS SDRAM), andthe like.

The non-volatile memory may include a magnetic disk storage device and aflash memory (flash memory).

Based on division of an operating principle, the flash memory mayinclude NOR FLASH, NAND FLASH, 3D NAND FLASH, or the like. Based ondivision of a potential order of storage cells, the flash memory mayinclude a single-level cell (single-level cell, SLC), a multi-level cell(multi-level cell, MLC), a triple-level cell (triple-level cell, TLC), aquad-level cell (quad-level cell, QLC), or the like. Based on divisionof a storage specification, the flash memory may include universal flashstorage (universal flash storage, UFS), an embedded multi media card(embedded multi media Card, eMMC), or the like.

The random access memory may be directly read and written by theprocessor 110, may be configured to store executable programs (such asmachine instructions) of an operating system or other running programs,and may further be configured to store data of the user and data ofapplications.

The non-volatile memory may also store an executable program, data of auser, data of an application, and the like, which may be loaded into therandom access memory in advance for directly reading and writing by theprocessor 110.

The external memory interface 120 may be configured to connect to anexternal non-volatile memory, to expand a storage capability of theelectronic device 100. The external non-volatile memory communicateswith the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120, toimplement a data storage function. For example, files such as music andvideos are stored in the external non-volatile memory.

The electronic device 100 may implement an audio function, for example,music playing and recording, through the audio module 170, the speaker170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headset jack 170D, theapplication processor, and the like.

The audio module 170 is configured to convert digital audio informationinto an analog audio signal for output, and is also configured toconvert analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module170 may be further configured to code and decode an audio signal. Insome embodiments, the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor110, or some functional modules in the audio module 170 are disposed inthe processor 110.

The speaker 170A, also referred to as a “loudspeaker”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. The electronicdevice 100 may be used to listen to music or answer a call in ahands-free mode over the speaker 170A.

The receiver 170B, also referred to as an “earpiece”, is configured toconvert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal. When a call isanswered or speech information is received through the electronic device100, the receiver 170B may be put close to a human ear to listen to avoice.

The microphone 170C, also referred to as a “mike” or a “mic”, isconfigured to convert a sound signal into an electrical signal. Whenmaking a call or sending a voice message, a user may make a sound nearthe microphone 170C through the mouth of the user, to input a soundsignal to the microphone 170C. At least one microphone 170C may bedisposed in the electronic device 100. In some other embodiments, twomicrophones 170C may be disposed in the electronic device 100, tocollect a sound signal and implement a noise reduction function. In someother embodiments, three, four, or more microphones 170C mayalternatively be disposed in the electronic device 100, to collect asound signal, implement noise reduction, and identify a sound source, soas to implement a directional recording function and the like.

The headset jack 170D is configured to connect to a wired headset. Theheadset jack 170D may be a USB interface 130, or may be a 3.5 mm openmobile terminal platform (open mobile terminal platform, OMTP) standardinterface or cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA(cellular telecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA)standard interface.

The pressure sensor 180A is configured to sense a pressure signal, andcan convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In someembodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display194. There are a plurality of types of pressure sensors 180A, such as aresistive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, and acapacitive pressure sensor. The capacitive pressure sensor may includeat least two parallel plates made of conductive materials. When a forceis applied to the pressure sensor 180A, capacitance between electrodeschanges. The electronic device 100 determines pressure intensity basedon the change in the capacitance. When a touch operation is performed onthe display 194, the electronic device 100 detects intensity of thetouch operation through the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device100 may also calculate a touch location based on a detection signal ofthe pressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, touch operations that areperformed in a same touch position but have different touch operationintensity may correspond to different operation instructions. Forexample, when a touch operation whose touch operation intensity is lessthan a first pressure threshold is performed on an SMS messageapplication icon, an instruction for viewing an SMS message isperformed. When a touch operation whose touch operation intensity isgreater than or equal to the first pressure threshold is performed onthe SMS message application icon, an instruction for creating a new SMSmessage is performed.

The gyro sensor 180B may be configured to determine a moving posture ofthe electronic device 100. In some embodiments, an angular velocity ofthe electronic device 100 around three axes (namely, axes x, y, and z)may be determined through the gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B maybe configured to implement image stabilization during photographing. Forexample, when the shutter is pressed, the gyro sensor 180B detects anangle at which the electronic device 100 jitters, calculates, based onthe angle, a distance for which a lens module needs to compensate, andallows the lens to cancel the jitter of the electronic device 100through reverse motion, to implement image stabilization. The gyrosensor 180B may also be used in a navigation scenario and a somatic gamescenario.

The barometric pressure sensor 180C is configured to measure barometricpressure. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 calculates analtitude through the barometric pressure measured by the barometricpressure sensor 180C, to assist in positioning and navigation.

The magnetic sensor 180D includes a Hall sensor. The electronic device100 may detect opening and closing of a flip cover by using the magneticsensor 180D. In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is aclamshell phone, the electronic device 100 may detect opening andclosing of a flip cover based on the magnetic sensor 180D. Further, afeature such as automatic unlocking of the flip cover is set based on adetected opening or closing state of the leather case or a detectedopening or closing state of the flip cover.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect accelerations in variousdirections (usually on three axes) of the electronic device 100. Whenthe electronic device 100 is still, a magnitude and a direction ofgravity may be detected. The acceleration sensor 180E may be furtherconfigured to identify a posture of the electronic device, and is usedin an application such as switching between a landscape mode and aportrait mode or a pedometer.

The distance sensor 180F is configured to measure a distance. Theelectronic device 100 may measure the distance in an infrared manner ora laser manner. In some embodiments, in a photographing scenario, theelectronic device 100 may measure a distance through the distance sensor180F to implement quick focusing.

The optical proximity sensor 180G may include, for example, a lightemitting diode (LED) and an optical detector, for example, a photodiode.The light emitting diode may be an infrared light emitting diode. Theelectronic device 100 emits infrared light by using the light-emittingdiode. The electronic device 100 detects infrared reflected light from anearby object through the photodiode. When sufficient reflected light isdetected, it may be determined that there is an object near theelectronic device 100. When insufficient reflected light is detected,the electronic device 100 may determine that there is no object near theelectronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may detect, by usingthe optical proximity sensor 180G, that the user holds the electronicdevice 100 close to an ear for a call, to automatically turn off ascreen for power saving. The optical proximity sensor 180G may also beused in a smart cover mode or a pocket mode to automatically performscreen unlocking or locking.

The ambient light sensor 180L is configured to sense ambient lightbrightness. The electronic device 100 may adaptively adjust brightnessof the display 194 based on the sensed ambient light brightness. Theambient light sensor 180L may also be configured to automatically adjustwhite balance during photographing. The ambient light sensor 180L mayalso cooperate with the optical proximity sensor 180G to detect whetherthe electronic device 100 is in a pocket, to avoid an accidental touch.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is configured to collect a fingerprint. Theelectronic device 100 may use a feature of the collected fingerprint toimplement fingerprint-based unlocking, application lock access,fingerprint-based photographing, fingerprint-based call answering, andthe like.

The temperature sensor 180J is configured to detect a temperature. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 executes a temperatureprocessing policy through the temperature detected by the temperaturesensor 180J. For example, when the temperature reported by thetemperature sensor 180J exceeds a threshold, the electronic device 100lowers performance of a processor nearby the temperature sensor 180J, toreduce power consumption for thermal protection. In some otherembodiments, when the temperature is less than another threshold, theelectronic device 100 heats the battery 142 to prevent the electronicdevice 100 from being shut down abnormally due to a low temperature. Insome other embodiments, when the temperature is lower than still anotherthreshold, the electronic device 100 boosts an output voltage of thebattery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown caused by a low temperature.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a “touch component”. Thetouch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display 194, and the touchsensor 180K and the display 194 constitute a touchscreen, which is alsoreferred to as a “touchscreen”. The touch sensor 180K is configured todetect a touch operation performed on or near the touch sensor. Thetouch sensor may transfer the detected touch operation to theapplication processor to determine a type of the touch event. A visualoutput related to the touch operation may be provided through thedisplay 194. In some other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may alsobe disposed on a surface of the electronic device 100 at a locationdifferent from that of the display 194.

The bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibration signal. In someembodiments, the bone conduction sensor 180M may obtain a vibrationsignal of a vibration bone of a human vocal-cord part. The boneconduction sensor 180M may also be in contact with a body pulse toreceive a blood pressure beating signal. In some embodiments, the boneconduction sensor 180M may also be disposed in the headset, to obtain abone conduction headset. The audio module 170 may obtain a speech signalthrough parsing based on the vibration signal that is of the vibrationbone of the vocal-cord part and that is obtained by the bone conductionsensor 180M, to implement a speech function. The application processormay parse heart rate information based on the blood pressure beatingsignal obtained by the bone conduction sensor 180M, to implement a heartrate detection function.

The button 190 includes a power button, a volume button, and the like.The button 190 may be a mechanical button, or may be a touch button. Theelectronic device 100 may receive a key input, and generate a key signalinput related to a user setting and function control of the electronicdevice 100.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 191 may beconfigured to provide an incoming call vibration prompt and a touchvibration feedback. For example, touch operations performed on differentapplications (for example, photographing and audio playback) maycorrespond to different vibration feedback effects. The motor 191 mayalso correspond to different vibration feedback effects for touchoperations performed on different areas of the display 194. Differentapplication scenarios (for example, a time reminder, informationreceiving, an alarm clock, and a game) may also correspond to differentvibration feedback effects. A touch vibration feedback effect may befurther customized.

The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, and may be configured toindicate a charging status and a power change, or may be configured toindicate a message, a missed call, a notification, and the like.

The SIM card interface 195 is configured to connect to a SIM card. TheSIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 195 or removed fromthe SIM card interface 195, to implement contact with or separation fromthe electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may support one orN SIM card interfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. TheSIM card interface 195 may support a nano-SIM card, a micro-SIM card, aSIM card, and the like. A plurality of cards may be inserted into a sameSIM card interface 195 at the same time. The plurality of cards may beof a same type or different types. The SIM card interface 195 may becompatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface 195is also compatible with an external storage card. The electronic device100 interacts with a network through the SIM card, to implementfunctions such as conversation and data communication. In someembodiments, the electronic device 100 uses an eSIM, that is, anembedded SIM card. The eSIM card may be embedded into the electronicdevice 100, and cannot be separated from the electronic device 100. Asoftware system of the electronic device 100 may use a layeredarchitecture, an event-driven architecture, a microkernel architecture,a micro service architecture, or a cloud architecture. In embodiments ofthe present invention, an Android system of a layered architecture isused as an example to illustrate the software structure of theelectronic device 100.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a software structure of an electronicdevice 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In a layered architecture, software is divided into several layers, andeach layer has a clear role and task. The layers communicate with eachother through a software interface. In some embodiments, an Androidsystem is divided into four layers from top to bottom: an applicationlayer, an application framework layer, an Android runtime (Androidruntime) and system library, and a kernel layer.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the application package may include applicationssuch as Camera, Gallery, Calendar, Call, Map, Navigation, WLAN,Bluetooth, Music, Video, Messages, and a VR glasses application. The VRglasses application includes a 3D background drawing module, acontroller event management module, an application icon loading module,a virtual screen management module, and a virtual screen contentobtaining module.

The 3D background drawing module is configured to complete drawing of abackground picture displayed in a 3D virtual environment, so that a usercan feel like being in a real scene.

The controller event management module is configured to process an eventfrom a controller, so that the user can touch and control a control in avirtual display interface by operating the controller.

The application icon loading module is configured to load and displayicons of several applications on the electronic device in a virtualenvironment of the VR glasses.

The virtual screen management module is configured to: create a virtualscreen when the user taps on an application icon to start anapplication, and destroy the virtual screen when the user closes theapplication.

The virtual screen content obtaining module is configured to: when theuser taps on a started application, obtain content in the application,and render the content in the application through distortion, to displaythe content in the virtual environment.

The application framework layer provides an application programminginterface (application programming interface, API) and a programmingframework for an application at the application layer. The applicationframework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the application framework layer may include awindow manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, aresource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is configured to manage a window program. The windowmanager may obtain a size of the display, determine whether there is astatus bar, perform screen locking, take a screenshot, and the like.

The content provider is configured to: store and obtain data, and enablethe data to be accessed by an application. The data may include a video,an image, an audio, calls that are made and answered, a browsing historyand a bookmark, an address book, and the like.

The view system includes visual controls such as a control fordisplaying a text and a control for displaying an image. The view systemmay be configured to construct an application. A display interface mayinclude one or more views. For example, a display interface including anSMS message notification icon may include a text display view and animage display view.

The phone manager is configured to provide a communication function forthe electronic device 100, for example, management of a call status(including answering, declining, or the like).

The resource manager provides various resources such as a localizedcharacter string, an icon, an image, a layout file, and a video file foran application.

The notification manager enables an application to display notificationinformation in a status bar, and may be configured to convey anotification-type message. The notification manager may automaticallydisappear after a short pause without requiring a user interaction. Forexample, the notification manager is configured to notify downloadcompletion, give a message notification, and the like. The notificationmanager may alternatively be a notification that appears in a top statusbar of a system in a form of a graph or a scroll bar text, for example,a notification of an application that is run on a background, or may bea notification that appears on a screen in a form of a dialog window.For example, text information is displayed in the status bar, anannouncement is given, the electronic device vibrates, or the indicatorlight blinks.

In embodiments of this application, the application framework layerincludes an activity manager service (Activity Manager Service, AMS), awindow manager service (Window Manager Service, WMS), and a displaymanager service (Display Manager Service, DMS). The applicationframework layer may further include an application keep-alive module, anevent injection module, and a virtual screen management module. Inembodiments of this application, the DMS transmits display content ofthe electronic device 100 to the VR glasses application, and the VRglasses application performs curved surface screen processing. Finally,processed display data is returned to a VR display framework, and theAMS/WMS further performs display processing.

The application keep-alive module is configured to control theelectronic device to enter a VR display mode after the application isstarted. In this mode, the electronic device may run a plurality ofapplications at the same time, and support the applications to be in anactive state at the same time.

The event injection module is configured to obtain, in a display mode,an event corresponding to an operation of the user, and transfer theevent to a virtual screen.

The virtual screen management module is configured to provide theelectronic device with a capability of creating a virtual screen anddestroying a virtual screen.

The Android runtime includes a kernel library and a virtual machine. TheAndroid runtime is responsible for scheduling and management of theAndroid system.

The kernel library includes two parts: a utility function that needs tobe called in a Java language and a kernel library of Android.

The application layer and the application framework layer run on thevirtual machine. The virtual machine executes java files of theapplication layer and the application framework layer as binary files.The virtual machine is configured to implement functions such as objectlifecycle management, stack management, thread management, security andexception management, and garbage collection.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules, forexample, a surface manager (surface manager), a media library (MediaLibrary), a three-dimensional graphics processing library (for example,OpenGL ES), and a 2D graphics engine (for example, SGL).

The surface manager is configured to manage a display subsystem andprovide fusion of 2D and 3D layers for a plurality of applications.

The media library supports playback and recording in a plurality ofcommonly used audio and video formats, and static image files. The medialibrary may support a plurality of audio and video encoding formats, forexample, MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, and PNG.

The three-dimensional graphics processing library is configured toimplement three-dimensional graphics drawing, image rendering,composition, layer processing, and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernellayer includes at least a display driver, a camera driver, an audiodriver, and a sensor driver.

The following describes an example of a working process of software andhardware of the electronic device 100 with reference to a photographingscenario.

When the touch sensor 180K receives a touch operation, a correspondinghardware interrupt is sent to the kernel layer. The kernel layerprocesses the touch operation as an original input event (includinginformation such as touch coordinates and a time stamp of the touchoperation). The original input event is stored at the kernel layer. Theapplication framework layer obtains the original input event from thekernel layer, and identifies a control corresponding to the input event.An example in which the touch operation is a touch and single-pressoperation and a control corresponding to the single-press operation is acontrol of a camera application icon is used. The camera applicationinvokes an interface of the application framework layer to enable thecamera application, then enables the camera driver by invoking thekernel layer, and captures a static image or a video through the camera193.

Based on the foregoing hardware structure of the electronic device,embodiments of the VR display control method in this application areprovided.

In some possible implementations, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , aninterface displayed in the electronic device is displayed in a VR sceneby using a rectangular screen. It may be understood that, in anembodiment, the rectangular screen may be a planar rectangle. Therefore,when the user watches content at an edge of the rectangular screen,because the rectangular screen is the planar rectangle, when the userwatches the edge of the screen, an angle is formed between a line ofsight of the user and the planar rectangle. Therefore, a visual effectof the user is reduced, and user experience is poor. Therefore,embodiments of this application provide a VR display control method. Themethod may be performed by an electronic device connected to a virtualreality display device, and a display algorithm corresponding to themethod may be integrated into an application that supports VR.

Refer to FIG. 8 . With reference to the accompanying drawings and anactual application scenario, the following describes a VR displaycontrol method provided in embodiments of this application by using anexample. Specific steps are as follows.

Step S81. An electronic device establishes a connection to VR glasses.

Before using the VR glasses, a user may connect a mobile phone to VRglasses 200 through a data cable. The electronic device 100 is describedby using the mobile phone as an example. After the mobile phoneestablishes a connection to the VR glasses 200, the mobile phoneautomatically enters a VR mode. In this case, a screen of the mobilephone may be in a screen-off state. Therefore, this may help save powerand prevent a misoperation. Then the user wears the VR glasses 200. Inthis case, the user may see a VR desktop in the VR glasses 200. Inaddition, the user may adjust a wearing position of the VR glasses 200to make a picture clearer.

Step S82. The electronic device receives an operation performed by theuser on a first application icon on the VR desktop.

After establishing the connection to the VR glasses 200, the electronicdevice 100 generates the VR desktop, so that the VR desktop may bedisplayed on the VR glasses 200.

In at least one embodiment of this application, the electronic device100 may receive the operation performed by the user on the firstapplication icon on the VR desktop. Specifically, the first applicationicon may be associated with a first application installed on theelectronic device. For example, the first application uses VR mobilephone projection as an example, and the VR mobile phone projection maybe associated with an icon (for example, a VR mobile phone projectionicon) on the VR desktop. Therefore, after the electronic device 100receives an operation performed by the user on the VR mobile phoneprojection icon, an application (that is, the VR mobile phoneprojection) corresponding to the VR mobile phone projection icon isstarted.

It may be understood that the electronic device 100 may establish aconnection to a controller 300. In some possible implementations, theelectronic device 100 may establish the connection to the controllerthrough a wireless network. For example, the electronic device 100 mayestablish the connection to the controller 300 through Bluetooth.

The user operates the controller 300 to operate an application on the VRdesktop. For example, the first application is the VR mobile phoneprojection. When the user taps on the VR mobile phone projection iconthrough the controller 300, the electronic device 100 may displaycontent of the application through the VR glasses 200 in response to theoperation. In other words, a display screen of the electronic device 100is projected onto the VR glasses 200. In this case, the user may see thedisplay screen of the electronic device 100 in the VR glasses 200.

Step S83. Project the display screen of the electronic device into theVR glasses, where the electronic device converts the display screen froma rectangular screen to a curved surface screen.

In a possible implementation, when the electronic device 100 detectsthat the user acts on the VR mobile phone projection icon, theelectronic device 100 displays, through the VR glasses 200, content fromthe VR mobile phone projection, and the content from the VR mobile phoneprojection is displayed on the curved surface screen that is obtainedthrough conversion from the rectangular screen. Therefore, the displayscreen of the mobile phone watched by the user in the VR glasses 200 isa curved surface display screen. In this way, a visual effect of thescreen can be enhanced, and video watching experience of a VR user canbe further enhanced. Especially when a video is played on a largescreen, an excellent visual impact effect is brought.

In an implementation, the electronic device 100 may convert therectangular screen of the electronic device into the curved surfacescreen through a conversion method for display.

Refer to FIG. 9 . Embodiments of this application provide a VR displaycontrol method, to convert a rectangular screen of an electronic deviceinto a curved surface screen for display. The method may include but isnot limited to the following steps.

Step S91. Obtain a first angle between two endpoint positions of thecurved surface screen and a user.

When all positions on a display screen are the same in distance to theuser, more comfortable visual experience may be provided for the user.Therefore, in embodiments of this application, a curvature of the curvedsurface screen may be a curvature of a circle whose audio-visualdistance is a radius.

With reference to FIG. 10 , it may be learned that a quantity of fixedpoints may be taken on an arc, and the arc is simplified into splicingof N segments of rectangles, to convert the rectangular screen into thecurved surface screen.

In embodiments of this application, four vertex positions of the curvedsurface screen may be calculated through four vertex positions of therectangular screen, the two endpoint positions of the curved surfacescreen are determined based on the four vertex positions of the curvedsurface screen, and then the first angle between the two endpointpositions of the curved surface screen and the user is determined.

For example, FIG. 11 is a top view of the curved surface screen. It isassumed that the two vertices of the rectangular screen are a vertex Aand a vertex B respectively, and a vertex A′ and a vertex B′ are twoendpoints of the curved surface screen. It may be understood that it isassumed that a distance between the vertex A and the vertex B is d1, anda distance between the vertex A′ and the vertex B′ is d2. In this case,d1=d2.

It is assumed that a position of the user is O, and an audio-visualdistance of the user is r. Therefore, based on the distance d2 betweenthe vertex A′ and the vertex B′ and the audio-visual distance r of theuser, an angle ∠A′OB′ between the vertex A′ and the vertex B′ and theposition of the user may be calculated.

Step S92. Divide the first angle into N equal parts, and calculate N+1dot positions.

In an example, as shown in FIG. 10 , in an implementation, ∠A′OB′ may bedivided into eight equal parts. Therefore, positions of A′, B′, P0, P1,P2, P3, P4, P5, and P6 may be calculated based on a small angle of eachscreen. That is, specific coordinate positions of A′, B′, P0, P1, P2,P3, P4, P5, and P6 in the VR glasses may be found.

Step S93. Splice the N+1 dot positions, to convert the rectangularscreen into the curved surface screen.

In embodiments of this application, A′ and P0, P0 and P1, P1 and P2, P3and P3, P3 and P4, P4 and P5, and P6 and B′ may be spliced. Therefore,after a plurality of rectangles are spliced at the plurality of dotpositions, the rectangular screen shown in FIG. 12 may be converted intothe curved surface screen.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of operating a curved surface screen by acontroller 300 according to an embodiment of this application.

In embodiments of this application, A′, B′, P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, andP6 shown in FIG. 13 are vertex positions of the curved surface screen, Ois a position of a user, O′ is a position of the controller 300 in a VRscene, and H is an intersection point of a controller ray and the curvedsurface screen.

It may be understood that an operation solution of the controller raymay be one of the following cases.

In embodiments of this application, a ray O′H of the controller 300 maysequentially intersect with rectangles A′P0, P0P1, P1P2, P2P3, P3P4,P4P5, P5P6 and P6B′, until a point H at which O′H intersects with P2P3in space is obtained, to obtain a position of H and two-dimensionalcoordinates on the rectangle P2P3.

A two-dimensional coordinate ratio of the point H on a curved surfaceA′B′ may be finally obtained based on a position of the rectangle P2P3on the entire curved surface A′B′, and the ratio may be used as a touchposition at which the controller 300 operates the electronic device 100.In embodiments of this application, a most eye-friendly curvature effectis achieved through a VR virtual scene, so that visual experience of theuser can be enhanced, and user experience can be improved.

Embodiments of this application further provide a computer-readablestorage medium. The readable storage medium stores computerinstructions, and when the instructions are run on a computing device,the computing device may be enabled to perform the VR display controlmethod provided in the foregoing embodiment.

It is clear that, for a person skilled in the art, this application isnot limited to details of the foregoing example embodiments, and thisapplication can be implemented in another specific form withoutdeparting from the spirit or basic features of this application.Therefore, appropriate modifications and variations made to theforegoing embodiments shall fall within the protection scope of thisapplication provided that the modifications and variations fall withinthe essence and spirit of this application.

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 11. A VR display control method, applied to anelectronic device connected to a virtual reality display device, whereinthe method comprises: generating a VR desktop; receiving, from thevirtual reality display device, an operation performed by a user on afirst application icon on the VR desktop, wherein the first applicationicon is associated with a first application installed on the electronicdevice; and converting, in response to the operation, first content ofthe first application that is configured to display on a rectangularscreen to second content of the first application that is configured todisplay on a curved surface screen, wherein the first content isconfigured to display on the electronic device, and the second contentis configured to display on the virtual device.
 12. The VR displaycontrol method according to claim 11, further comprising: establishing aconnection to the virtual reality display device; and entering, by theelectronic device, a VR mode.
 13. The VR display control methodaccording to claim 12, further comprising: entering, by the electronicdevice, a screen-off state in response to the electronic device enteringthe VR mode.
 14. The VR display control method according to claim 11,further comprising: establishing a connection to a controller through awireless network; and receiving an operation performed by the user onthe first application icon through the controller.
 15. The VR displaycontrol method according to claim 11, wherein the converting the firstcontent to the second content further comprises: calculating four vertexpositions of the curved surface screen based on four vertex positions ofthe rectangular screen; determining two endpoint positions of the curvedsurface screen based on the four vertex positions of the curved surfacescreen; and determining a first angle formed by a distance between oneendpoint position of the curved surface screen and the user and adistance between the other endpoint position and the user.
 16. The VRdisplay control method according to claim 15, further comprising:dividing the first angle into N equal parts, wherein N is an integergreater than or equal to 2; and calculating N+1 dot positions on thecurved surface screen.
 17. The VR display control method according toclaim 16, further comprising: splicing the N equal parts using the N+1dot positions on the curved surface screen.
 18. The VR display controlmethod according to claim 14, further comprising obtaining atwo-dimensional coordinate ratio, on a first curved surface, of anintersection point between a ray of the controller and the curvedsurface screen, wherein the two-dimensional coordinate ratio correspondsto a touch position at which the controller operates the electronicdevice.
 19. The VR display control method according to claim 11, furthercomprising: sending the second content to the virtual reality displaydevice.
 20. An electronic device, comprising: a memory, configured tostore a computer program; and a processor, configured to execute thecomputer program stored in the memory, wherein when the computer programis executed, the processor is configured to perform operationscomprising: establishing a connection to a virtual reality displaydevice; generating a VR desktop; receiving, from the virtual realitydisplay device, an operation performed by a user on a first applicationicon on the VR desktop, wherein the first application icon is associatedwith a first application installed on the electronic device; andconverting, in response to the operation, first content of the firstapplication that is configured to display on a rectangular screen tosecond content of the first application that is configured to display ona curved surface screen, wherein the first content is configured todisplay on the electronic device, and the second content is configuredto display on the virtual device.
 21. The electronic device according toclaim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to execute thecomputer program, to cause the electronic device to perform: entering ascreen-off state in response to the electronic device entering the VRmode.
 22. The electronic device according to claim 20, wherein theprocessor is further configured to execute the computer program, tocause the electronic device to perform: establishing a connection to acontroller through a wireless network; and receiving an operationperformed by the user on the first application icon through thecontroller.
 23. The electronic device according to claim 20, wherein theprocessor is further configured to execute the computer program, tocause the electronic device to perform: calculating four vertexpositions of the curved surface screen based on four vertex positions ofthe rectangular screen; determining two endpoint positions of the curvedsurface screen based on the four vertex positions of the curved surfacescreen; and determining a first angle formed by a distance between oneendpoint position of the curved surface screen and the user and adistance between the other endpoint position and the user.
 24. Theelectronic device according to claim 23, wherein the processor isfurther configured to execute the computer program, to cause theelectronic device to perform: dividing the first angle into N equalparts, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; andcalculating N+1 dot positions on the curved surface screen.
 25. Theelectronic device according to claim 24, wherein the processor isfurther configured to execute the computer program, to cause theelectronic device to perform: splicing N equal parts using the N+1 dotpositions on the curved surface screen.
 26. A computer-readable storagemedium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises computerinstructions; and when the computer instructions are run on anelectronic device, the electronic device is enabled to performoperations comprising: establishing a connection to a virtual realitydisplay device; generating a VR desktop; receiving, from the virtualreality display device, an operation performed by a user on a firstapplication icon on the VR desktop, wherein the first application iconis associated with a first application installed on the electronicdevice; converting, in response to the operation, first content of thefirst application that is configured to display on a rectangular screento second content of the first application that is configured to displayon a curved surface screen, wherein the first content is configured todisplay on the electronic device, and the second content is configuredto display on the virtual device; and sending the second content to thevirtual reality display device.